ITEC Conference Notes and Presentation info
Elementary 6th grade Band Podcasts and lesson plan ideas
Liz Fritz
Elizabeth Fritz is currently in her 25th year of teaching, with 23 of those years spent as part of the successful band program in the Decorah Community Schools where she is the woodwind specialist. Elizabeth Fritz is very involved with several committee projects within the Iowa Bandmasters Association, including the Iowa Comprehensive Music Project and the Music Mentors of Iowa, which she chairs. She is past president of the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Association and the current president of the Iowa Bandmasters 2009/2010. In 2006, she received her National Board Certification for Professional Teaching Standards in music for early adolescence through young adulthood.
Webquests and podcasting in the music classroom
Elizabeth Fritz Decorah Community Schoolshttp:decorahbands.com/6thband/fensunit/index.html http://www.lfritz.com/itec.doc
Elementary Band teacherWorks with tech within her schoolhttp:decorahbands.com/6thband/fensunit/index.html"Virtual Concert podcast"
Decorah 6th Grade Band - 2009
Creating a Virtual Concert
Ensemble Unit - January through March
This unit will have three components:
Webquest on composers - with ensemble group
Performance of ensemble to create iMovie or podcast - with ensemble group
SmartMusic activity on intonation - completed with a partner during class.
You will find the instructions linked to each area. All groups will be given time during class to complete the ensemble unit.
The goals of the unit include:
4 practice rooms with garageband setups3/4 of the kids play in full group while small groups are in practice rooms recordingRooms have windows for supervision
Online Music curriculumhttp:www.musicfromtheinsideout.com/
Excellent Example of a Music class webquesthttp:www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/mike/capmusic/Online%20Music%20Resources/Scavanger%20Hunt/music_history_scavenger_hunt.htm
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Elementary 6th grade Band Podcasts and lesson plan ideas
Liz Fritz
Webquests and podcasting in the music classroom
Elizabeth Fritz Decorah Community Schoolshttp:decorahbands.com/6thband/fensunit/index.html
http://www.lfritz.com/itec.doc
Elementary Band teacherWorks with tech within her schoolhttp:decorahbands.com/6thband/fensunit/index.html"Virtual Concert podcast"
Decorah 6th Grade Band - 2009
Creating a Virtual Concert
This unit will have three components:
- Webquest on composers - with ensemble group
- Performance of ensemble to create iMovie or podcast - with ensemble group
- SmartMusic activity on intonation - completed with a partner during class.
You will find the instructions linked to each area. All groups will be given time during class to complete the ensemble unit.The goals of the unit include:
- connecting music and history
- cooperative learning
- incorporating technology
- performance expectation
- improved listening skills
Evaluation of this activity will include rubrics, performance evaluation and self evaluation. This activity will be graded on a pass/fail basis. If you participate and do your best you will pass!Have fun and enjoy!
Go to Composer Webquest
Go to Smart Music Instructions
Go to instructions for creating Powerpoint, IMovie or Podcast
How to Create a Powerpoint presentation
Creating an Effective Powerpoint presentation
How to Podcast
Create an IMovie
4 practice rooms with garageband setups3/4 of the kids play in full group while small groups are in practice rooms recordingRooms have windows for supervision
Online Music curriculumhttp:www.musicfromtheinsideout.com/
Excellent Example of a Music class webquesthttp:www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/mike/capmusic/Online%20Music%20Resources/Scavanger%20Hunt/music_history_scavenger_hunt.htm
To learn about Grades K-12, click here.
To view Capistrano's School's 2006-07 Accountability Report Card (SARC), click here.
To view our 2008-09 Healthy Kids Survey, click here.
To view a graph on school safety, click here.
To view our technology plan, click here.
To view the Elementary School Calendar, click here.
To view the Middle School Calendar, click here.
The table below will take you to hyperlinks that will let you begin to gather facts for your PowerPoint presentations.
Click the topic you have been assigned and you will see several hyperlinks. Click on these hyperlinks to begin to gather your facts. Be sure to have a pencil and paper ready.
To learn how to cite references in your reports, **click here**.
To see a PowerPoint presentation on how to cite online sources, [[http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/mike/capmusic/Online%20Music%20Resources/Scavanger%20Hunt/How%20To%20Cite%20Online%20Resources[1].ppt|click here]].
Good luck!
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Gather ten facts on the period.
http://www.theviolin.freeserve.co.uk/medieval.htm
(An excellent site!)
http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/medieval/medieval.htm
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Gather ten facts on the .
http://www.theviolin.freeserve.co.uk/renaissa.htm
(An outstanding site!)
http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/renaissance/renaissa.htm
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Gather fifteen facts on the lives of Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, and the period.
http://www.theviolin.freeserve.co.uk/baroque.htm
(An excellent site!)
http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/baroque/baroque.htm
http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/bach/bach.htm
http://www.classicalarchives.com/bios/bach_bio.html
http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/handel/handel.htm
http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/Vivaldi/vivaldi.htm
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Gather ten facts on Mozart and the period.
http://www.theviolin.freeserve.co.uk/classical.htm
(An excellent site!)
http://www.stringsinthemountains.org/m2m/1once.htm
http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/classical/classical.htm\
http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/mozart/mozart.htm
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Gather fifteen facts on the life of and the times in which he lived.
http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/beethoven/beethove.htm
http://lucare.com/immortal/
http://home.swipnet.se/zabonk/cultur/ludwig/beetbio.htm
http://www.classicalarchives.com/bios/beethoven_bio.html
http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/classical/classical.htm
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Gather fifteen facts on the period. Be sure to include some of the composers of this period.
http://www.theviolin.freeserve.co.uk/romantic.htm
(This is an outstanding site…be sure to visit it!)
http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/romantic/romantic.htm
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=6230&cid=2&url=6230/index.htm
http://www.gprep.org/~music/musikbok/chap14.html
http://www.classicalstudio.com/periods4.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001507/romantic.php3
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/WestCiv/RomanticMusic.html
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Gather ten facts on music, also called the Modern period.
http://www.theviolin.freeserve.co.uk/20th.htm
(An excellent site!)
http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/modern/modern.htm
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